9 die of Covid : 375 in Darj, 67 in Darj Hills, 185 in Plains, 194 in SMC test positive, 143 admitted in Covid Block of NBMCH

332 recovered from Covid-19. 

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 24 May 2021: Reports received from district administration and collected from other sources regarding death, new cases, recovery, testing and treatment of Covid patients in the different Hospitals of North Bengal including Darjeeling district and Gorkhaland Territorial Administration during the last 24 hours i
s as follows:

Operation of the first patient of Pradhan Nagar Siliguri with suspected Black fungus is done successfully in NBMCH.

9 Dies:

Rup Chandra Pal, 70 yr old of Hyderpara Siliguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Sandhya Rani Sarkar, 70 yr old of Deshbandhupara Siliguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Rina Basak, 53 yr old of Rabindra Sarani Rabindra Nagar Siliguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Jasmine Munda, 51 yr old of Matelli Jalpaiguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Sushil Kumar Roy Chowdhary, 75 yr old of Shantinagar Dabgram Siliguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Biswajit Roy, 45 yr old of Ashoke Nagar Siliguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Albert Rai, 40 yr old of Pedong Kalimpong died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Haradhan Malakar, 82 yr old of Bhaktinagar Jalpaiguri died today in CCU of Covid Ward of NBMCH. 

Akhil Sarkar, 67 yr old of Subhaspalli Shiv Mandir Road Siliguri died today in a nursing home at College para Siliguri.

Durga Roy, 52 yr old of Subhaspalli Shiv Mandir Road Siliguri died today in a nursing home at Matigara Siliguri.

194 in SMC:

194 of Siliguri Municipality Corporation (123 in Darjeeling and 55 in Jalpaiguri districts) test positive. 

375 in Darjeeling district:

375 positive cases reported in the district of Darjeeling, of which 123 are from the area of Darjeeling district of the SMC. 

67 cases reported from the Darjeeling Hills (11 in Darjeeling Municipality, 13 in Kurseong Municipality, 18 in Mirik, 6 in Bijanbari, 6 in Sukhiapokhari, 13 in Takdah,).

185 of the plains (71 in Matigara, 89 in Naxalbari, 3 in Khoribari, 9 in Phansidewa, 13 in Sukuna) also test positive.

143 patients in NBMCH: (236 beds)

In the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, 143 patients are being treated for Covid- 19 and suspected Covid- 19 infection in the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital. In the Covid block there are 129 patients of which 56 are admitted in the CCU unit of the Covid Block I and 31 in Covid Block II (Chest & Cardiac Unit) of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH), 30 in Covid Block III (Female Medicine II) and 12 in HDU (Trauma care centre). 

In addition to this during the last 24 hours, 14 serious patients are being treated in the four Isolation wards of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH). There are 3 patients in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) ward, 11 in Gynecological Maternity Isolation ward (ID III) and no patient in Isolation ward -1 and in surgical isolation ward. 

New Pediatric Covid Block is opened in NBMCH with 14 beds for children.

332 Discharged:

332 patients have been released from Covid hospitals that also includes home isolation patients but excluding patients in private hospitals and army establishments.